| Mining industry in Australia offers equal | | | | drilling and contractor management, collection of |
| opportunities to both the skilled and unskilled | | | | representative samples and helping the Geologist |
| labour from around the globe. Getting a job in the | | | | in safety initiatives. |
| mining industry easier than most people may | | | | Some of the other openings that require little or |
| think. Mining industries in Australia will hire people | | | | no skills include catering, cleaning, tending the |
| with little or no experience for several unskilled | | | | wet-mess bar etc. Job vacancies of this sort |
| mining jobs and will train them. Gone are the days | | | | require some prior experience and often a car |
| when mining in Australia was a high risk business. | | | | licence is required. |
| Leading edge machinery and world class safety | | | | Positions on mine sites can either be residential |
| measures have reduced the risk in employing the | | | | positions where you live in a mining town and |
| unskilled mining workers. | | | | usually picked up by the mining company free bus |
| Hundreds of mines operate in Western Australia. | | | | service to the mine site and back home again |
| Due to sky rocketing global demand for minerals, | | | | after work. Other types are drive in drive out |
| the mining industry in Australia has a huge, all time | | | | known as DIDO where you drive to a mine site |
| high demand for unskilled labour. There are | | | | from your full time residence to the mine site and |
| examples of a lot of professionals with years of | | | | live in a mining camp or caravan while working a |
| experience and skills in a totally unrelated industry | | | | set roster and when your roster is finished you |
| change their profession to reap the benefits of a | | | | drive back home for your rostered time off. FIFO |
| fat paycheck. With the right information you can | | | | - fly in fly out is very common as this enables |
| basically just walk in off the street and they will | | | | you to live in the city and when your roster |
| train you. Great paying unskilled mining jobs, with | | | | starts you fly on a free chartered flight to work, |
| no experience or licenses can pay 1400-1700 AUD | | | | live in a mining camp which is fully catered with |
| a week. | | | | free food and accommodation, work a set roster |
| All the mining hot spots like Olympic dam, | | | | and then fly back to the city when your roster |
| Karratha, Port Hedland, Mt Isa and Kalgoorlie are | | | | has finished. Great way to save money, when |
| facing massive workforce shortages due to the | | | | everything is paid for. |
| mining boom. The unskilled labour shortage was so | | | | The starting pay cheques for a Drillers' Offsider |
| high; the Australian Government ran a pilot | | | | can range from $50,000 - $70,000, a Sample |
| program offering $5000 to unemployed people to | | | | Preparer can earn between $45,000 - $55,000, a |
| move to Western Australia to take up unskilled | | | | Surveyor Assistant can make $45,000 - $60,000, |
| mining jobs. The pilot program was the beacon of | | | | a Geologists' Assistant can earn $45,000 - |
| Western Australia's mineral wealth and prosperity. | | | | $70,000 while a cleaning job, kitchen job or a |
| Individuals with no experience or skills can work | | | | catering job can make anywhere between |
| as a drillers offsider, sample preparer, surveyor | | | | $55,000 - $70,000. All that is required out of an |
| assistant, or a geologists assistant. Alternatively an | | | | individual seeking a unskilled mining job is honesty |
| unskilled individual can choose to opt for cleaning | | | | and commitment and the willingness to long hours |
| jobs, kitchen jobs or catering jobs. Drillers' | | | | away from the comforts of home. In return a |
| Offsiders help in moving, deploying and operating | | | | high reward rate if offered, free flights if needed, |
| drilling rigs to drill holes for, exploration for minerals | | | | free food and accommodation. Also promotion is |
| and site investigation. Geological Sample Preparers | | | | offered as the majority of unskilled mining jobs |
| work involves the sorting, crushing, splitting and | | | | offer onsite training like an apprenticeship, once |
| milling of the collected geological samples, in | | | | you prove yourself and gain experience, career |
| addition to other laboratory errands. | | | | advancement is offered which is eagerly |
| A Surveyor Assistant assists the Surveyor in | | | | encouraged by the mining company or |
| setting up of the survey equipment, helping the | | | | subcontracting company. This means more |
| surveyor in field and office duties, monitoring the | | | | responsibility but also even more money, its |
| supplies inventory and maintaining the survey | | | | normal to receive a pay increase after only three |
| equipment. The responsibilities of a Geologists' | | | | months of employment. |
| Assistant are assisting the Geologist in day to day | | | | |